Friday's Notebook

July 26, 1986

A state district judge in Houston found probable cause to send felony charges of aggravated assault against New York Mets pitcher Ron Darling and second baseman Tim Teufel to a grand jury. District Judge Joe Kegans heard about 45 minutes of testimony before deciding that a grand jury should hear the case. The charges were filed against the two players after they were arrested following a dispute with two off-duty uniformed policemen working as security guards at a bar Saturday. The aggravated assault charges against Darling, 25, and Teufel, 28, are punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison and a $5,000 fine.